Caption

Two pairs of Common toads (Bufo bufo), male, female animals mating in clasping grip (Amplexus axillaris), swimming in a pond during mating season, one pair diving, fresh spawning strings of toads and spawning balls of Common frog (Rana temporaria) lying and hanging in the water between some stalks of aquatic plants, rushes in a pond, behaviour, reproduction, metamorphosis, Lueneburg Heath, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

Date

Mar 24, 2014

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Carola Vahldiek

Reference

BRK24C93_445

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Royalty free

Available size

28,6Mb (617,1Kb) / 13,8in x 8,0in / 4144 x 2412 (300dpi)

Keywords

1 1st 2 2 animals Amphibia Amphibian Amphibians Amplexi Amplexus Anura Bufo Bufo bufo Bufonidae Central Europe Common frog Common frogs Common toad Common toads Europe Europe's European common brown frog European common frog European toad FRG Frog German German Federal Republic Germany Grass frog Holarctic true frogs Human being Juncaceae Juncus Lower Saxony Lueneburg Heath Lunenburg Heath Lueneburg Heath Lueneburg Heath Nature Park Lueneburger Heide Middle Europe Naturpark No People People Rana temporaria Republic of Germany Rush Rushes See Spawning bale Spawning bales Spawning ball Spawning pad Toad True frog True frogs True toad True toads Two Animal Two Animals Wildlife adult animal adult animals animal animal behavior animal behaviour animal couple animal pair animal pairs animals animals in the wild aquatic macrophyte aquatic plant aquatic plants bale bales batrachian batrachians behavior behaviour blade blades body of water brown frogs conservation area copula copulate copulation countryside couple couples courtship display deserted dive diving egg egg deposition egg depositions egg laying egg-string eggs empty environmental reserve european fauna float fresh freshly freshness guy habitat hang hanging hydrophyte hydrophytic plant in the water in water lake lakes landscape landscape photo landscape shot landscapes laying eggs lie lying maiting pair male males man mate mating mating behavior mating behaviour mating period mating season mating time matings men metamorphoses metamorphosis natural environment natural environments natural habitat natural preserve natural preserves natural reserve nature nature conservation area nature park nature reserve nature reserves no one nobody old animal on water one open air oviposition pair pair of animals pairing person persons pond pond frogs ponds pool protected area reproduction reproductions reserve reserves rutting season sanctuary scenery sexual intercourse social behavior social behaviour social behaviours spawn spawn ball spawning spawning line spawning lines spawns sport sports stalk swim swimming toadspawn toadspawns two uninhabited water plant water sports wild animal wild animals wildlife wildlife photography North Germany Northern Germany Poales spawning water spawning waters water waterfront waters